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Bahrain is adamant that the island kingdom’s Grand Prix will go ahead safely
even though protesters blocked roads and clashed with police in the build-up
to the race this morning.

Masked youths demonstrating against the race set alight tyres on roads in
villages populated by Shia Muslims just outside Manama, according to
witnesses. But access was still open to the Sakhir circuit, south of the
Bahraini capital.

Overnight, police fired teargas to disperse demonstrators protesting in
several Shia-populated villages, chanting against the “race of blood”,
witnesses reported.

The demonstrations came after Bernie Ecclestone, the sport’s chief executive,
admitted yesterday that

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Protesters were out in force before the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix

April 21 2013 Mazen Mahdi/EPA

Protesters were out in force before the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix